Cigarette-roller.



W. A. FLANNERY.

CIGARETTE ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.20, 1914.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

WILLIAM a. rnannnmz, or Minnow, MASSACHUSETTS..-

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0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. FLAN- NnnY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Milford, county of Worcester, State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cigarette-Rollers, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the is aspecification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel device by which acigarette can be easily and accurately rolled.

Many persons experience more or' less difliculty in gracefully rolling acigarette and. by this invention I aim to provide a ciga-' rette rollerby means of which a person can readily roll a cigarette and do it insuch away that the fact that he is using a cigarette roller for thispurpose will not be apparent.

In order to give a proper understanding of my invention I will describea selected embodiment thereof which is illustrated in the drawings andthen point out the novel features thereof in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of avcigarette roller; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cigaretteroller having a cigarette wrapper in position with the tobacco placedthereon; Fig. '3 shows the cigarette formed in the cigarette roller;Fig. 4. shows the rolled cigarette be ing withdrawn from the roller;Fig. 5 shows the preferred'way of holding the cigarette roller when thetobacco is being applied thereto. j

My improved cigarette roller comprises a body portion 1 which may bemade of celluloid, paper or any other material which is flexible andresilient. The body portion 1 is normally flat that is whenunrestrained, it will assume the flat shape shown in Fig. 1. The bodyportion has at each edge thereof lips 2 adapted to embrace theedges of acigarette wrapper 3 and hold it in position. My improved cigaretteroller will preferably be made of less length than the, cigarcttewrapper 3 so that when the wrapper 3 is slipped under the lips 2, oneend of the cigarette wrapper will project beyond the end of'the holder,as shown in Fig. 2. My cigarette roller is also preferably provided withguiding marks 42 thereon which extend longitudinally thereof, thepurpose of these marks being to form a guide for the deposit of tobaccoon the cigarette wrapper.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1914. Serial No. 826,110.

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Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

In using the device a cigarette wra per is sllpped under the lips 2, asshown in ig. 2, and because of the transparent uality of the wrap er theguiding lines 4 wi l he visi- The tobacco 5 is then poured onto thecigarette wrapper between the guiding lines 4:, these lines constitutingthe means to indicate the proper position for the tobacco in order tosecure a properly rolled cigarette. After the tobacco has been epos tedon the cigarette wrapper, as shown in Fig. 2, thenthe wrapper and'thecigarette roller can be rolled up into the shape shown in Fig. 3 andbecause of the resilient quality of the roller it is comparatively easyto roll up the cigarette roller 1 with its contained wrapper into theform shown in Fig. 3. When this has been accomplished-the end 6 of therolled cigarette will extend beyond the end of the cigarette roller 1,as shown 111' Fig. 3. The person then grasps the projecting end of thecigarette and withdraws it from the end of the cigarette roller 1, whileretaining the latter-in its rolled position, as shown in Fig. 4. Inrolling the cigarette the edge 7 of the cigarette wrapper will bebrought into position to overlie the edge 8 thereof as necessary inmaking cigarettes, and when the cigarette is withdrawn from thecigarette roller 1, as shown in Fig. 4, the cigarette is complete andthe edge 7 is in position to be moistened preparatory to sticking itonto the body of the wrapper. The cigarette can be thus easily andperfectly made even by amateurs.

It is my intention to make the cigarette roller 1 of a color similar tothat of the cigarette wrappers so that it can be used without beingobserved. Moreover, by making the cigarette roller with the constructionshown in Fig. 1,it can be used as a card case, for an ordinary callingcard can be readily slipped in between the lips 2 which will serve tostiffen the roller and hold it in shape when it is not in use, as Wellas to identify it.

One of the principal advantages of my invention results from the use ofthe two retaining lips 2 at opposite sides of the body portion 1. Byreason of the fact that two retaining li s are. employed the cigarettewrapper will be firmly held at both edges and cannot, therefore.- becomedisplaced while the cigarette is being made. Thisbeing so it is possiblefor the'person using my device to roll the cigarette with substantiallythe same motions as he would if the cigarette roller were not used, butthe use of the cigarette roller enables him to quickly and accuratelyform-his cigarette much easier than could be done without the roller.The holding of the cigarette wrapper on both edges by the lips 2 is animportant feature of the inventio In filling the cigarette it ispreferable to bend the cigarette roller up into a semicircular shape, asshown in Fig. 5, thus making a trough to receive the tobacco 5. W'henthe cigarette roller is bent into this shape the guiding lines 4 appearat the sides of the trough-shaped wrapper and give an indi-' cation asto how full to fill the wrapper. Moreover,'the tw'o lips 2, operate tocompel the cigarette wrapper to assume the trough shape when the bodyvportion is bent into the position shown in Fig; 5, for they hold theedges 7, 8 of the cigarette wrapper in proper position and prevent-saidedges from slipping relative to the body portion.

Having described my invention, what I 5 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is in proper position and caused 1. Acigarette-roller presenting a body portion of resilient flexiblematerial which normally assumes a flat shape and is formed on eachlongitudinal edge with an in-turned c1garette -'wrapper-retaining lipwhereby when a cigarette wrapper is confined beneath said lips and thebody portion is bent into a trough shape the wrapper will be held same atrough shape.

2. A cigarette roller comprising a body portion'of flexible resilientmaterial having on each longitudinal edge an inturnedcigarette-wrapper-retaining lip and provided LEWIS C. SMITH,

THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

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